Mississippi Code
Part 4 - . Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order
§ 93-25-615. Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of foreign country

Except as otherwise provided in Section 93-25-711, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child-support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of this state may assume jurisdiction to modify the child-support order and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal whether the consenttomodification of a child-support order otherwise required of theindividualpursuant to Section 93-25-611 has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a resident of this state or of the foreign country.
An order issued by a tribunal of this state modifying a foreign child-support order pursuant to this section is the controlling order.

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